Improvement in tree-protectors



dniit Sittin CHARLES HENRY TRUMBULL, OF MARION, NEW YORK@ yLettersjPtLtent No. 110,091, dated December 13, 1870.

lMPRQV-EMENT IN TREE-PROTECTORS.

'.l'he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same. I'

I, CHARLES HENRY TRUMBULL, of Marion, in the eounty of Wayne, in theState of New York, have invented certain Improvements' inTree-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates .to the construction of a flexible plate oftin orother suitable material in such a manne-r that, when bent around thetree, it willform an annulal' inverted box, which may bc readily adaptedto the inequalities ofthe trunk'of said tree, and securely held inposition- -lhe object of my invention being to furnish a-simple, cheap,and effective device that may be more generally enjoyed by the publicthan those now in ordinary use.

Figure 1 inthe accompanying drawing represents lthc device embodying myinvention attached to a tree.

Figure 2 shows the unbent plate with its` upper edge cut into sectionsfor forming vthe top, or that part oi the device which comes in contactwith the tree.

The annular box AA is formed by the plate B, which should be made of`suiiicient width forthe required vsaid sections interlyiug upon eachother in proportionl ,as they approachto a right angle with the trunk of.the tree.

.es the sections C C O are lcnt to the full width of' the margin of theplate B its flexibility is not impaired by Ithe bendingv of saidsections to the required angle,

and may be readily fittedto a tree of any regular or irregular form orsize, and secured bylocking the' ends by a clasp or other convenientmeans, thereby forming au'annular inverted box, A, the riln of whichextends from the body of the tree to the width of the eut-ting of thesections or margin of the plate B or top of the box, which may be madewater-proof by any ofthe substances used for similar purposes.

'lhe inner vsurface may be coated with a suitable coating to prevent theprogress of the insect.

I am aware that collars or anges, having their inner edges cut insections, liave been applied to the trunks of trees before, but theyhave never been made of' rectangular' pieces or strips, which possessmany advantages over the circular or ysector pieces which are usuallyemployed for that purpose, such as ecoliomy in cutting out, as they donot waste the material; in the fact that they can be made in strips ofany length, and then cut to `t the size of the tree; and also, that theside of the boxcan be readily made perpendicular, thatis, parallel withthe trunk of the tree,

which greatly increases the difficulty of the insect in traversing theside of the Claim..

' I claim as my inicutionh The tree-protector A, constructed andappliedsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GH ARLES HENRY TRUMBULL.

iVituesses EMMoNs MANLnY, O. 0.HUGe1ns.

